Broadband: What is a Micro-Reflection?</h1> <article> <h1>Broadband: What is a Micro-Reflection?</h1> <p>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The study of transmission lines often begins with the assumption that a signal source, a lossless transmission line, and load have equal impedances. Under that scenario, all of an incident wave’s power transmitted from the source is absorbed by the load. In the real world, the impedances of the source... </article> <article> <h1>Reality Check: A Trillion Devices?</h1> <p>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Remember "seamless mobility," the campaign that Motorola rolled out at the NCTA Show in San Francisco in 2005? Nearly five years later, the infrastructure required to make seamless connectivity and "IP everywhere" a reality is moving into place. Very high-speed services are becoming... </article> <article> <h1>Guest Column — Time Shifting... Better than Ever</h1> <p>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Paul Hockenbury, Comcast's Executive Director of Research and Analysis, argues that time shifting has yet to run its full course and predicts continued growth as more consumers embrace anywhere/anytime viewing.... </article> <article> <h1>Business Services: Ethernet Makes Sense</h1> <p>Thu, 1 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Businesses seeking to cut costs while satisfying needs for faster data rates are driving demand for carrier Ethernet. Bolstering the technology are advanced specifications, increasing its appeal among some wireless carriers. But while cell backhaul is a major application, the overall market is more... </article> <article> <h1>Bullpen: The Big Gun Idea</h1> <p>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> The cable industry’s narrowcast-generated services coupled with strategic implementation of time and frequency division multiplexing (TDM and FDM) has created an unrivaled and sustainable network. Yet this current converged network of voice, video and data is an incoherent mix of TDM and FDM with... </article> <article> <h1>IPTV: A Cable Perspective</h1> <p>Tue, 1 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Key drivers, three scenarios and elementary architecture... </article> <article> <h1>Video Quantity and Quality: Balancing Both can be a Delicate Operation.</h1> <p>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Consumers would like more of both, if you please. Consumers are hunkering down to weather the economic downturn with a slice of take-out pizza in one hand and a remote in the other. A promise of more content... </article> <article> <h1>The Quality Puzzle</h1> <p>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Assuring video quality is expensive and complicated, yet increasingly necessary. Linking video and IP networks could simplify operations and reduce costs.... </article> <article> <h1>Redefining MTTR</h1> <p>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> A comprehensive and consistent approach to mean-time-to-repair helps keep things running smoothly.... </article> <article> <h1>Wireless Update</h1> <p>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT</p> Cable operators are now viewing wireless as an inside/outside triple play.... </article> </main></body></html>